While searching for vase materials this morning it dawned on me, I would not have most of these flowers without making a vase every Monday. I cut flowers from everything except the palm frond and Beautyberries in the past month or for other vases. Hand pruning for a vase inspires the plants to produce more flowers. Fringe benefits from In a Vase on Monday.
Here’s a close up:
The red and white shrimp-like flowers are Red Shrimp Plants (Justicia brandegeana), a nearly indestructible perennial. White flowers with yellow centers are Sweet Begonia (Begonia odorata), another great indestructible. Yellow and red daisies are native Gallardias (Gallardia pulchella) they change their colors with the pollinator – or maybe via the pollinator.
The palm frond in the back of the arrangement is a seedling from a Sabal or Cabbage Palm (Palmetto sabal) that popped up in the garden. The purple berries are still going strong on the Beautyberry (Calliocarpa americana) – I have had berries on one since August, the birds have eaten most of the fruit from the one further out in the garden. The green pods are from a native Senna (Senna ligustrina) I planted for hosting Sulphur Butterflies. Off white spikes are from the native Juba Bush (Iresine diffusa)
Here is the caterpillar from the Senna, one of my favorites:
Happy Gardening and Thanks to Cathy for hosting IAVOM and the fringe benefits, more flowers! Here is a link to more vases: IAVOM more
The Shrub Queen 
Another lovely arrangement! They just keep getting better and better. 🙂
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Thanks, Eliza.
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Weĺl, that is a sight to cheer the spirits on a November day. Beautiful Amy, I love your fringe benefits.
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Thank you, Liz. A little Florida warmth beamed over WordPress!
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A very pretty vase and I recognize almost all the flowers this week.
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Such a warm and glowing vase, Amelia – lovely
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Thank you.
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I love this colorful arrangement, Amelia. It makes me think: Thanksgiving, Florida-style!
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Thanks,Kris. You are right about that!
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Yes, that caterpillar is gorgeous! I really like how you have a spray of begonia (?) hanging off the left side, then splayed across the middle. Nicely asymmetrical.
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Thank you, I think you need some butterfly plants next spring!
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I get lots of monarchs and swallowtails but their caterpillars aren’t nearly as glamorous as those in Florida!
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LOL, I never thought of caterpillars as glamourous.
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What a lovely splash of colour for our grey November day! Your caterpillar is very handsome. Do you know what he will turn into?
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Thank you, that is a Cloudless Sulphur butterfly caterpillar.
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Oh thanks. A pretty name for a pretty butterfly – just looked it up! 🙂
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Yes I have numerous Sulphurs been chasing them around for months no good picture yet.
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Amelia, your designs are so interesting. The materials you choose are colorful, full of texture and this one is arranged so expertly–just lovely. I found some cloudless sulphurs here this summer–fun to see the caterpillar.
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That is a begonia I am not familiar with. I think I saw it before in one of your vases. I did not pay much attention to it because it looks familiar, but is on stems long enough for it to work as a cut flower.
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